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Chapter 105 - 42, Baili Fengzhi’s Massage_2

Baili Fengzhi hesitated slightly and carefully caught the glass box, slightly pushing open a small gap.

An intriguing fragrance mixed with the scent of phoenix tree wood immediately diffused, causing her delicate body to tremble and her heart to flutter.

She slowly closed the box, took a deep breath, and solemnly said to Lin Yue, "Thank you, Your Highness. Baili Fengzhi will surely repay this favor."

"Don’t mention it, you are my personal servant," Lin Yue said casually. "How can you protect me if you don’t get stronger?"

Baili Fengzhi immediately bowed and said, "Yes, this officer will definitely strive in my cultivation and will not disappoint Your Highness."

Lin Yue nodded and added, "You should also try to get better at massage, actually the one you just gave wasn’t very comfortable."

"...Huh?"

Baili Fengzhi put away the glass box, and under her mask, her phoenix eyes looked puzzled, and she dreamily asked, "What massage? I don’t know how to massage, Your Highness, you must be mistaken..."

Lin Yue was briefly stunned by her insistence, and began to doubt himself, "Really? You’ve never done it?"

"Never," Baili Fengzhi continued in confusion, "Your Highness must have been dreaming."

You’re automatically erasing your memory, huh... Lin Yue was at a loss for words.

Those pretending to be asleep cannot be woken.

He didn’t bother to argue, but instead asked, "How useful is the Fire Phoenix Soul to you?"

"Uh..."

Baili Fengzhi thought for a moment and said, "This officer isn’t sure. My mother said that the phoenix was originally the divine beast of my father’s clan’s totem, and no one else seemed to have such an opportunity."

"Your father’s clan?" Lin Yue raised his eyebrows slightly.

Since half of Baili Fengzhi’s bloodline does not belong to the Human Clan, it must be from her father.

"This officer is not clear."

Baili Fengzhi’s expression turned complicated as she said, "I’ve only seen my mother since I was born. I only heard that my father went to Eternal Night, but I don’t know much beyond that."

"No harm, I don’t mind," Lin Yue shook his head slightly.

"However, refining the Fire Phoenix Soul does not elevate my cultivation."

Baili Fengzhi explained, "According to my mother, it should greatly enhance my talent and potential, and might even awaken the heritage bloodline, which would be beneficial for the future."

She paused, then apologetically said, "Additionally, before Your Highness and I have signed the personal servant blood contract, I cannot enhance my cultivation, otherwise if I were found out, I would undoubtedly be put to death."

"Oh?" Lin Yue raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "A personal servant blood contract?"

"It’s a special type of blood covenant unique to the Imperial Family."

Baili Fengzhi explained, "The personal servant blood contract quota for princes is of the highest level. Once signed, it means that the prince’s servant is privately owned. No matter what their past history or identity was, from then on, they only have the identity of the prince’s servant. Even if they are from the Demon Path, the laws of Great Yong cannot touch them."

Lin Yue suddenly understood.

No wonder the Tantian Sect, clearly of the Demon Path, could follow the Sixteenth Prince and work for him.

He asked again, "You dare not enhance your cultivation for fear of being discovered by whom?"

Baili Fengzhi sighed and pointed at the sky, "Naturally, that eye up there."

She whispered, "The most are creatures of the Eternal Night at the peak of the Five Elements in Great Yong, and I have half a bloodline from Eternal Night. So in Great Yong, I can only cultivate up to the lowest tier of the Four Symbols. Any further enhancement will be noticed, and that eye will start warning me."

"So, that eye knows that you’re not entirely of the human clan?" Lin Yue asked.

"Yes."

Baili Fengzhi said, "So I suspect that it might really be the Eye of Heaven, only warning me from a distance, and the court also appointed me as Great Commander."

"You dare not enter Central Plains?" Lin Yue asked again.

Baili Fengzhi sighed and said, "More precisely, this officer dares not to be promoted or change office. The important positions in Jingzhou require bloodline verification, so I simply stayed at the Northwest Pass."

Lin Yue smiled thoughtfully, "You’re also thinking that once you’re discovered, it would be easier to flee into Eternal Night from the Northwest Pass, right?"

"I can’t hide it from Your Highness," Baili Fengzhi nodded.

She hesitated and then asked, "Your Highness, Eternal Night is the enemy of Great Yong, and half of my bloodline comes from Eternal Night. Do you not see me as an outsider?"

"An outsider?"

Lin Yue looked at her and said, "What’s the difference between you and the Human Clan? Even if you really are half not human, I could just keep you as a pet. There’s nothing to mind, right?"

Speaking of which, he suddenly touched his chin and stared intently at Baili Fengzhi, "You wear a mask every day, could it be that your face isn’t human?"

"Your Highness is overthinking, I look almost no different from the Human Clan."

Baili Fengzhi spoke somewhat helplessly, "I just feel that my appearance doesn’t suit my liking, and it really doesn’t fit the identity of the Great Commander. It’s too easy to lack authority in front of the soldiers, that’s why I wear a mask."

"Let me see?" Lin Yue asked.

Baili Fengzhi didn’t say anything, just gently lifted his hand to grab the mask, then asked again, "Is this an order from Your Highness, or?"

"It’s just that I want to see, I’m not forcing you," Lin Yue said.

Baili Fengzhi uttered an oh, then asked softly, "Does Your Highness really want to see?"

"Of course I’m curious."

Lin Yue suddenly said, "You wouldn’t die from exposure to light, would you?"

"Your Highness, may I ask what is dying from light exposure?" Baili Fengzhi looked at him, puzzled.

"It’s when you wear a mask, you look like a great beauty, but once you take it off, you instantly turn into an ugly monster," Lin Yue said bluntly.

"...I’m not an ugly monster. I should look quite good, only it really doesn’t suit my taste..."

A vein popped on Baili Fengzhi’s forehead.

"Not to your liking?" Lin Yue grew even more curious about how she looked. "Take it off and let me see?"

Baili Fengzhi thought for a moment and said, "If Your Highness can master the True Martial Arts within a year, or if Your Highness can beat me in the future, I will take off the mask, is that okay?"

"Provoking me, right? Fine."

Lin Yue didn’t mind and said, "Then you just wait."

He immediately stood up, stretched his limbs, and said, "Continue cultivating, it’s great you massaged earlier, might get a few more practices in before we reach Liangzhou City."

Baili Fengzhi asked with a blank look, "When did I give Your Highness a massage..."

"...Ah, right, right."

Time flew, and the deck was always as bright as day, with only that figure practicing relentlessly.

The flying boat slowly glided past mountains and clouds, crossed rivers and dense forests, bid farewell to dawn and dusk, and gradually approached Liangzhou City.

After who knows how long.

"Sigh... too tired. I can’t do it anymore."

After practicing the fighting technique once more, Lin Yue lay exhausted on the deck, his body sprawled out in the shape of the character for ’big,’ his energy completely drained.

Although he had an ability to recover nine lives, practicing the fighting technique wasn’t damaging to his physical foundation, but it was nevertheless extremely draining.

Each time, he had to focus entirely and concentrate his mind to achieve results.

"Your Highness is pushing too hard, to be able to practice so many times."

Baili Fengzhi frowned as she squatted beside Lin Yue, seeing he didn’t seem to want to move, she still took a towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

She watched as Lin Yue practiced the fighting technique a full forty-one times, which was simply inconceivable.

She didn’t know why he was pushing so hard.

To go to Di Hong City?

Could it really be just to obtain that treasure and to solve the pain of parting?

"Your Highness, please rest, it’s enough, Your Highness? Your Highness?"

Baili Fengzhi called out twice, realizing Lin Yue had no response, she quickly sensed his condition and found out he had just fallen asleep, then she was relieved.

She was somewhat glad it was her who was teaching Lin Yue; if it had been Yu Shiqi, he probably would have woken Your Highness up and told him to go to sleep.

However...

Looking at Lin Yue lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, Baili Fengzhi suddenly felt unsure of what to do next.

She had never carried a man before.

Should she carry His Highness back to his room, or let him sleep here?